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Exotic metamaterials will change optics

Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Doing More with Your Cell Phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog

Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies

A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the "Green Peas" with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo. The finding could lend unique ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat

The House ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and private companies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Hacker 'command' servers seized in US: Microsoft (Update)

Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime "command" servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers used as virtual henchmen.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hacker thieves targeted Anonymous allies: Symantec

Anonymous on Monday gave mixed reactions to a US computer security firm's report that backers of the notorious hacker group were suckered into downloading software that steals online banking information.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Rare Chinese white dolphin gets DNA bank

A Hong Kong conservation group said Saturday it has set up a DNA bank for the rare Chinese white dolphin, also known as the pink dolphin, in a bid to save the mammals facing a sharp population decline.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mystery predators may have contributed to fiscal collapse in 2007: research

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation bristles, camps out, and opines against the destructive role of banks in bringing down the economy, a group of scientists has released a study that shows a critical piece of ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (51) | comments 88 | with audio podcast

PayPal lets Facebook friends send cash

Online financial transactions powerhouse PayPal released an application on Thursday that lets friends send one another cash at leading social network Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cyber-fraud tops $93 billion a year in Latin America

Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Penis size does matter if you are a bank vole

(PhysOrg.com) -- While size may not matter when it comes to humans, a new study published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology found that the width of the male bank vole’s penis plays a role in soc ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft anti-virus program evicts Chrome browser

Microsoft raced to fix an anti-virus program that targeted Google's Chrome browsing software as a malicious threat and kicked it off computers.

Technology / Software

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 16

A plan for better banking: Researchers propose model of systemwide diversification

As much of the developed world continues to dig out from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, a team of researchers at Harvard and in London has created a model of bank failure aimed at helping economies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Best 'sweet spots' on the backboard

According to Larry Hunter, the act of banking a basketball off the backboard and into the hoop is becoming a lost art.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The undead may influence biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions

It's commonly known, at least among microbiologists, that microbes have an additional option to living or dying -- dormancy.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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